The current state of the art is bidet toilets, which, as of 2004, are installed in more than half of Japanese households.

As of 2002, almost half of all private homes in Japan have such a toilet, exceeding the number of households with a personal computer.

number of additional features, such as blow dryer, seat heating, massage options, water jet adjustments, automatic lid opening, flushing after use, wireless control panels, heating and air conditioning for the room, et cetera

the latest models store the times of the use of the toilet, and have a power saving mode that heats up the toilet seat only during times when the toilet is likely to be used based on the collected usage data. Some toilets also glow in the dark or may even have air conditioning for hot summer days.

The toilet that watches you and wants to be seen!

researchers have added medical sensors into these toilets, which can measure the blood sugar based on the urine, and also measure the pulse, blood pressure, and the body fat content of the user.

Because the FULL MaP TESTING REPORT has become so large (93 pages), we offer the capability to download ONLY the APPENDICES if that is all you require.

The full 15th edition MaP report (Oct. 2009) weighs in at a respectable 4.0 MB (pdf) and contains more about soy bean paste test media specifications than I expected (pg. 14/93). My four Toto Drake ELs (CST744S with SanaGloss) are standing proud with a strong MaP Flush Performance of 900 out of a maximum 1000. (pg. 47/93). This is still quite an accomplishment since they are (quiet) gravity toilet as opposed to the more complex compressed air models out there.